Sentences with phrase «for national class actions»

Let's take USA Today as an example, since it has either the widest or second - widest circulation in the United States, and is the publication of choice for national class actions.

However, the provincial legislatures should pay more attention to the framework for national class actions and the problems they present.

Not exact matches

A day following the announcement of the data breach, the National Consumer Law Center called for Equifax to «immediately remove the forced arbitration clause and class action ban» from its terms of use.

Publication of the editorial came on the same day as two other events of note, first, the release of a new book, Back in the Game, in which sports neurologist Jeffrey Kutcher and award - winning journalist Joanne Gerstner repeatedly and pointedly criticize the media for «irresponsible» reporting on CTE, and second, the filing of a class action lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles against Pop Warner, USA Football, and the National Operating Committee on Standards For Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) which assumes as scientific fact that repetitive head impacts sustained in youth football «exposed» plaintiffs» sons to CTE, and led one to engage in «erratic and reckless behavior» resulting in his untimely death, and the other to take his own lifor «irresponsible» reporting on CTE, and second, the filing of a class action lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles against Pop Warner, USA Football, and the National Operating Committee on Standards For Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) which assumes as scientific fact that repetitive head impacts sustained in youth football «exposed» plaintiffs» sons to CTE, and led one to engage in «erratic and reckless behavior» resulting in his untimely death, and the other to take his own liFor Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) which assumes as scientific fact that repetitive head impacts sustained in youth football «exposed» plaintiffs» sons to CTE, and led one to engage in «erratic and reckless behavior» resulting in his untimely death, and the other to take his own life.

Along with revealing data, perceptive analysis, and welcome candor, however, comes a certain skittishness in sensitive areas such as African American parenting practices, a bit of folly (encouragement of dialect and street language in English class), and some sky - pie about «collective action» and national leadership to solve problems for which there are no easy solutions.

Alabama plans to use the Praxis II exams manufactured by the Educational Testing Service, the same tests that are the focus of national class action lawsuits for scoring errors.

According to Osler, nearly half of privacy class actions initiated in Canada have been commenced in Ontario — which is not surprising given that most national class actions are initiated in this province purely for logistical reasons, says lawyer Jeff Orenstein of the class action law firm Consumer Law Group.

In 2008, Gordon Wallace retained McKercher LLP to represent him as the leading plaintiff in a class action lawsuit on behalf of Prairie farmers against Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, and others for allegedly overcharging them for grain transportation over 25 years.

Rodrigue told Legal Feeds she will be at the Montreal office two days a week and will continue to commute to Toronto as she has for the past seven years as the former co-chair of the national class actions team at Norton Rose and its predecessor Ogilvy Renault, where she began her career as a stagiare 22 years ago.

Successfully resolving claims against clients for over 25 years on terms favorable to clients, including technology vendor contract disputes and other commercial litigation, lease disputes for national and regional companies, and early resolution of several class action claims against national retailers and international travel company.

Bryan Cave has a national reputation for excellence in defending class and derivative actions.

Mr. Leopold is the past president of Public Justice Foundation, a national organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. that fights for justice through precedent - setting and socially significant individual and class action litigation.

The class action lawyers at the Strom Law Firm enjoy a distinct statewide and national reputation for excellence in the area of consumer protection litigation and class action lawsuits.

«The Jimenez family has been irreparably changed as a result of something that could have been and should have been prevented,» added Eidson, who is also Co-Lead Counsel for the plaintiffs in the national class action against Ford and Firestone now pending in Indianapolis, Indiana.

* Study and explore the possibility of the development of a judicial protocol with the aim to: * Allow for communication among judges in overlapping class actions proceedings * Coordinate and harmonize activities in proposed overlapping class proceedings in order to maximize efficiency, reduce costs and avoid the duplication of effort; * Honour the independence and integrity of the superior courts while promoting inter-provincial cooperation and respect for comity; * Implement a framework of general principles to address basic administrative issues arising out of national and multijurisdictional class actions; and * Provide for nationally - accepted carriage motions.

* Develop proposals for amendments to legislation to facilitate the administration of national and multijurisdictional class actions.

Many of its files will be familiar to regular readers of the national media, and include the $ 9 - billion Sino - Forest Corp. shareholder class action claim; an application against Rogers Communications Inc. and Chatr Wireless Inc. involving a constitutional challenge to the Competition Act; and a case concerning oil pollution in the Amazon in which the firm acted for Ecuadoran plaintiffs.

This morning, the National Law Journal is reporting on a class action filed in California, claiming that Facebook is using names and images of minors for advertising purposes without getting parents» permission as required under California law.

The Global Class Actions Exchange website, which complements the conferences, has empirical data on Australian class actions, and it links to country reports for over 30 countries and regions, and national legislation and rules for Victoria (Australia), Chile, France, Germany, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Singapore, and SClass Actions Exchange website, which complements the conferences, has empirical data on Australian class actions, and it links to country reports for over 30 countries and regions, and national legislation and rules for Victoria (Australia), Chile, France, Germany, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Singapore, andActions Exchange website, which complements the conferences, has empirical data on Australian class actions, and it links to country reports for over 30 countries and regions, and national legislation and rules for Victoria (Australia), Chile, France, Germany, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Singapore, and Sclass actions, and it links to country reports for over 30 countries and regions, and national legislation and rules for Victoria (Australia), Chile, France, Germany, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Singapore, andactions, and it links to country reports for over 30 countries and regions, and national legislation and rules for Victoria (Australia), Chile, France, Germany, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Singapore, and Spain.

On Jan. 2, 2007, the Canadian Bar Association launched the National Class Action Database, a repository for information and documents about new class actions across CaClass Action Database, a repository for information and documents about new class actions across Caclass actions across Canada.

He has worked cooperatively with lawyers from across Canada on a national class action claiming compensation for institutional child abuse.

Cohen Milstein, as one of the co-lead counsel, filed a national class action alleging that Dish Networks unlawfully raised its prices for satellite television services in February 2011 by raising prices on customers who were bound by a two - year contract with discounted pricing for the first 12 - months.

Cohen Milstein, as one of the co-lead counsel, filed a national class action alleging that Dish Networks unlawfully raised its prices for...

Led by co-founders and senior partners Mary Quinn Cooper and William S. Leach, ECSL specializes in commercial litigation, products liability, class actions and complex civil litigation on a regional and national level for clients ranging from small privately owned companies and government entities to Fortune 100 companies.

He has also served as National Coordinating Liability Counsel for a major international insurance company with reference to the defense of products liability claims involving thousands of individual claimants and several class actions consolidated in Federal Multi District Litigation.

Rob Gain specializes in commercial litigation for Koskie Minsky LLP and says that having no co-ordinated approach to national class actions wastes the court's, claimants» and defendants» time.

He served for many years as lead national coordinating and trial counsel defending a drug company in thousands of product liability cases as well as a series of economic - loss class actions.

We also defend title insurance underwriters in consumer class actions, and serve as national counsel for a major title insurance underwriter defending claims asserted under closing protection letters.

In separate cases, acted as lead counsel for two manufacturers of consumer products in the same industry in defending purported national class actions challenging warranty practices and disclosures.

Founded more than 40 years ago, Baron and Budd's team of class action lawsuit attorneys and mesothelioma lawyers have built a national reputation for helping victims and families of mesothelioma from asbestos exposure, drug injury victims, people hurt on the job, and families affected by water and food contamination.

The law firms of Roy O'Connor LLP («RO»), Sotos LLP («Sotos») and Goldblatt Partners LLP («GP» - formerly Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP), along with a national team of law firms, represent plaintiffs in two certified class actions against Canadian Banks on behalf of current and former non-management employees for compensation for alleged unpaid overtime.

The publication highlights some of the firm's high - profile representations, including its role as lead national counsel for an international pharmaceutical company in hormone replacement therapy litigation, Wright's representation of Ford against allegations of unintended acceleration and faulty spark plugs, and Troyer's defense of Wells Fargo in a nationwide class action and an associated individual action and his representation of a manufacturing company in a toxic tort case.

Professor Rebecca Sharpless, Director of Miami Law's Immigration Clinic received the Excellence in Advocacy Award from the American Immigration Lawyers Association, South Florida Chapter, for class action litigation brought on behalf of Somali nationals who were shackled and abused on a botched deportation flight.

Although we are the dominant defense firm for securities matters filed in the Southeast and the Southwest (handling more securities class actions in the 5th and 11th Circuits than any other firm), we have a national practice with more than 40 dedicated securities practitioners in offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Georgia, Texas and California.

Court of Appeal affirmed the dismissal of a national class action on demurrer, holding that the plaintiffs could not state a claim for breach of contract for insurer not following purported «national» automotive repair «standards.»

After Morrison v. National Australia Bank foreclosed global securities class actions in U.S. courts, I examined the potential for work - arounds under state law or in foreign courts.

About the Carlton Fields National Class Action Practice: Carlton Fields has litigated and counseled clients in hundreds of class actions for more than 30 years in federal and state courts across the nation, and in arbitratClass Action Practice: Carlton Fields has litigated and counseled clients in hundreds of class actions for more than 30 years in federal and state courts across the nation, and in arbitratclass actions for more than 30 years in federal and state courts across the nation, and in arbitrations.

Cohen Milstein has been called a «class - action powerhouse» and «the most effective law firm in the U.S. for lawsuits with a strong social and political component» by the national business and legal media.

So if you call us with a Prop 65 litigation in California or a wage and hour class action or a national IP litigation, we can look at the evaluations of lawyers who've done that work for AdvanceLaw general counsel and make recommendations on that basis.

If you are looking for information on a specific class action, you may find the Canadian Bar Association's National Class Action Database helclass action, you may find the Canadian Bar Association's National Class Action Database heaction, you may find the Canadian Bar Association's National Class Action Database helClass Action Database heAction Database helpful.

Credit Card Interchange Fees: PSW represents liquidating trustees for several, large national merchants who have opted out of a class action settlement in a multidistrict case arising from anticompetitive conduct in the credit and debit card markets.

National class action defense firm that emphasizes winning at trial by simplifying the issues for the juries in complicated cases.

Acted for the families of injured and deceased pets in a trans - national class action, commonly known as the Menu Foods pet food contamination class action (Settlement pending 2008).

The case, which is seeking class - action certification, is being led by three nonprofits: the National Veterans Legal Service Program, the National Consumer Law Center, and the Alliance for Justice.

Before joining Lateral Link, Marion practiced for almost 11 years in the commercial litigation department of an Atlanta - based Am Law 200 firm, where he focused on acting as national coordinating counsel for corporate clients involved in class actions and complex, high exposure litigation.

Mr. Shah has successfully represented landowners in class action lawsuits against the United States for claims under the National Trail Systems Act.

McCracken v. Canadian National Railway Company, 2010 ONSC 6026 (Ont SCJ) is necessary reading for any member of the legal profession with any (relevant) involvement in class actions... [more]

Parsons v. Ontario, 2015 ONCA 158 (36456) What is the proper procedure / process for national / multi-jurisdiction class actions.

He has served as lead defense counsel in more than 50 national TCPA class actions and has litigated nearly a thousand individual TCPA cases in his role as national strategic litigation counsel for major banks and finance companies.

Endean v. British Columbia, 2014 BCCA 61 (35843) What is the proper procedure / process for national / multi-jurisdiction class actions.